Madarika and Dunukara win NSF race walking titles

Kalahari Madarika of Western Province and Sandaruwan Dunukara of North Central Province won the 46th National Sports Festival (NSF) Women's and Men's race walking event respectively in Kataragama on Saturday.

In fact, Dunukara won the race walking Gold Medal at the NSF for the fifth successive year.

The 29-year-old who won the event in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 clocked a winning time of one hour 38.17s.

Meanwhile, Kalahari finished the race with a clear lead of one hour 51 minutes and 19s to clinch the title.

Sports Ministry Director General Amal Edirisuriya, Nestle Corporate Affairs Vice-President Bandula Egodage, and Monaragala District Secretary Gunadasa Samarasinghe distributed the awards.

Results:

Women's Race: 1.Kalahari Madarika (Western) 1:51.19s. 2. L. M. M. S. Jayaratne (North Central) 1:57.44s. 3. J. K. K. M. C. Dhamayanthi (Uva) 1:58.40s. Men's Race: 1. Sandaruwan Dunukara (North Central) 1:38.17s. 2. R. M. D. Rukmal (Uva) 1:39.24s. 3. Niroshan Appuhamy (Western) 1:42.27s.

Winners of the Men's event with Sports Ministry Director General Amal Edirisuriya and officials of Nestle.

 

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